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Arriete vs. Director of Public Works, et al.

MARIA ARRIETE, in her capacity as guardian of the minor Carmen Jagunap, plaintiff-appellant, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF ILOILO, ANTONINA LEDESMA, FERMIN CARAM, MARIANO NAVA, JR., and SEVERINO QUIDATO, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 37125 | 1933-09-30

D E C I S I O N

BUTTE, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, sustaining a sheriff's sale of the appellant's right and title to lots Nos. 1381, 1382 and 1880 of the cadastral survey of Santa Barbara. The sale was made by the provincial sheriff of Iloilo to Antonina Ledesma under authority of the Irrigation Act No. 2152 as amended by Act No. 3523.

The appellant, Carmen Jagunap, a minor 12 years of age, by her legal guardian, Maria Arriete, filed this suit in the Court of First Instance of Iloilo to recover the title and possession of said lots. These lots had been sold to satisfy the judgment in...